- Date
- September 8, 1987, 20:00 local (Sep 9, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jerseyville, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5343KCessna 172PC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870908049919A
- Case key
- 13822
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot and one passenger were returning from a local flight. It had become dark during their flight and as the pilot was approaching to land on runway 36 the landing gear of the aircraft struck a drainage ditch approximately 2-3 feet short of the runway. The aircraft then slid approximately 6-10 feet before stopping. Pilot's first night flight as pilot-in-command.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5343K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172PC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274073
- Airframe hours
- 2,156
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jersey Sport Flyers
- Registered owner
- Jerseyville Sport Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 0K5 · Jerseyville, IL
- Airport
- OK5 · Jerseyville Arpt, runway 36, 2,550 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 70 in this make and model · 27 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALN, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.